Nicole Silva Joins Platform9 as Vice President and Head of Marketing

Platform9 has announced the appointment of Nicole Silva as Vice President and Head of Marketing, adding an experienced marketing leader to its executive team as the company continues to help enterprises modernize their infrastructure and accelerate cloud transformation initiatives.

Nicole joins Platform9 with a strong background in strategic marketing, program leadership, account-based marketing, and revenue-focused growth initiatives. Prior to joining Platform9, she served as Head of Global Pursuits and Program Management at WEKA, where she helped build global strategic account programs, led ABM strategy, and launched integrated marketing initiatives tied to significant ARR growth.

Welcoming Nicole to the organization, Platform9 highlighted her expertise in driving strategic growth and building marketing programs that directly support business outcomes.

Reflecting on her first week at the company, Nicole expressed excitement about joining Platform9 at a pivotal moment for the industry. She pointed to the growing demand from enterprises seeking a lower-risk path away from VMware while embracing modern private cloud environments that combine virtualization, Kubernetes, and cloud-native infrastructure.

She also emphasized Platform9's reputation among cloud solution providers, noting the company's approach of acting as a true partner rather than simply a technology vendor. This partner-first mindset has helped Platform9 build strong relationships across the cloud ecosystem while supporting organizations navigating rapidly changing infrastructure requirements.

According to Nicole, the market is reaching an important inflection point, creating significant opportunities for companies that can offer a more flexible, automated, and future-ready operating model for private cloud infrastructure.

Beyond the technology and market opportunity, Nicole highlighted the company's culture and people as key reasons behind her enthusiasm, describing the Platform9 team as collaborative, thoughtful, and passionate about helping customers succeed.

In her new role, Nicole will lead Platform9's global marketing strategy, demand generation, brand positioning, market awareness, and growth initiatives as the company continues to expand its presence across enterprise infrastructure markets.

 

About Platform9

Platform9 delivers a modern private cloud platform that combines virtualization, Kubernetes, and cloud-native technologies into a unified operating model. The company helps enterprises simplify infrastructure management, reduce complexity, and accelerate modernization initiatives.